Symbols In The Book Thief

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Imagine a little girl trudging through the snow, walking alongside her grieving mother. As she looks away from her feet she glances at her little brother’s corpse lying on the snow lifelessly. This experience would cause significant emotional trauma to anyone that lived through this experience although her little brother would feel nothing because of his current predicament . The use of symbols in The Book Thief, by markus zusak helped develop the themes, the people left alive are the ones who suffer, love will conquer all, and if you let regret consume you then there is no room to move forward.